{"author_link":"\/author\/dissiden7\/","author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","comments":[{"author_name":"cyrixd","author_uid":"47064","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:47am","epoch":1418100120,"text":"Fun little platformer. I liked the shrinking mechanic, made some levels very tense! A bit difficult to jump off the walls, but was still pretty fun."},{"author_name":"stray","author_uid":"47087","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:08pm","epoch":1418126580,"text":"Nice graphics, I liked it good job :D"},{"author_name":"Ozeotropo","author_uid":"19200","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1418127240,"text":"Good one! Nice mechanics"},{"author_name":"ShellfishGames","author_uid":"23164","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1418127540,"text":"The shrinking mechanic is a nice twist. Also, I like the 3(?)\r<br\/>frame running animiation a lot. Managed to finish the game, but without getting a single star in the last level, otherwise I would always die shortly before the goal. Is there a trick I haven't figured out?"},{"author_name":"BadPaul34","author_uid":"22166","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1418127600,"text":"Noooooooo, i'm melting ! :D\r<br\/>Pretty fun game !"},{"author_name":"Chaoseed","author_uid":"1161","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1418127780,"text":"Don't you mean, *ab*crobatically? ;D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, this was pretty fun! I've only seen a shrinking thing like that in one other game. Also, the snowman's animation is excellent. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1418128020,"text":"@ShellfishGames yes, it is possible. but hard. :)\r<br\/>@Chaoseed YES I DID!! (no I didn't but I'll edit) :P"},{"author_name":"hollowspecter","author_uid":"30076","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1418138340,"text":"Awesome! Very good leveldesign (in case of ramping, and explaining the player the mechanics without textboxes and whatsoever). And I really like the Audio!"},{"author_name":"Thundercake Games","author_uid":"44243","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1418147700,"text":"The shrinking mechanic is really *cool* ;D"},{"author_name":"borgi","author_uid":"39688","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1418153700,"text":"Cool idea! I hope you continue it after lD! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Tiago Ling Alexandre","author_uid":"10988","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1418161020,"text":"Very cool, challenging levels and funny character. The music really sets the mood for the game. The controls could be a little more smooth, i felt like the character wall slide was strange, as if it was stuck to the wall more than it should (hard to describe actually).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall a very nice game, has potential, with some more polish to the controls and maybe one or two extra mechanics could easily become a christmas themed game! :)"},{"author_name":"Zathalos","author_uid":"11257","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:49am","epoch":1418179440,"text":"Dem abs :) Cool concept."},{"author_name":"Leaghorn","author_uid":"45380","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:25am","epoch":1418185200,"text":"cool but the wall jump is PITA. He shoud bounce of the while on it to make easier jump."},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:22am","epoch":1418188620,"text":"I like the mechanic at the top! simple but solid gameplay great effort!"},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:41am","epoch":1418204160,"text":"Nice plattformer with a interesting shrinking mechanic. Well done."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:23am","epoch":1418210280,"text":"Very clever idea with the wall climbing.  I didn't realize how you were supposed to get to high areas at first.  I couldn't make it through the last level or two without jumping so the snowman melted more slowly.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Abdominal Snowman is a great title."},{"author_name":"Pulsartronic","author_uid":"45161","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:31am","epoch":1418210760,"text":"I like the idea of getting smaller as you walk around :D ... original ... works well on linux"},{"author_name":"SoulGame","author_uid":"42398","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1418211720,"text":"The core mechanics is cool and well thought. I think the mechanic and gameplay would have make even more sens with a regular round shaped snowman :) (you current bad ass char design is fun though)"},{"author_name":"Pestel Crew","author_uid":"47507","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1418244000,"text":"Good character and funny gameplay. I think this is a good idea for the mobile platform =))"},{"author_name":"deyteris_team","author_uid":"45193","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:37am","epoch":1418290320,"text":"The snowman is pretty nice, but he can't jump so high to complete the 3rd level"},{"author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1418857860,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, guys and gals.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You can complete all levels with all the stars.\r<br\/>After you nail down the wall jump (which admittedly could be easier to pull off) you should only have a hard time with the last 2 levels.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Have fun. :)"},{"author_name":"CoderDozer","author_uid":"21023","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1418990640,"text":"nice game, really interesting with wall climbing and shrinking mechanics.  Nice job."},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 7:31am","epoch":1419751560,"text":"Clever mechanic.  I think some polish on the UI would go a long way to make the game feel more complete.  The stars, and the buttons didn't really match the snowman or the level art.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I liked when the levels required you to have shrunk in order to progress.  Some more puzzle elements would be great.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, not sure if it is meant to be a pun, because the actual term is abominable snowman.  Maybe I missed something."},{"author_name":"pht59x","author_uid":"36239","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1419776760,"text":"An okay platformer. Music is too repetitive."},{"author_name":"orion_black","author_uid":"1990","time":"Dec 30, 2014 @ 1:43am","epoch":1419903480,"text":"Interesting concept. It would be nice to see a more fleshed out version with less lineal levels."}],"images":["ld31\/25686-c6f99662ecee93b309de3519bd33efe2.jpg","ld31\/25686-c69b99bc9c4239c154029fa8066cace8.jpg","ld31\/25686-37bfbfad42e240098aba685ac7d6248a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1G8crOe","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1IsicbO","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/160YfKa","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1BuyA9U","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14489","g_author":"25686","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14519","g_title":"Abdominal Snowman","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"534","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/25686-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/25686-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/25686-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Take the role of the infamous ABDOMINAL SNOWMAN and try to escape the icy caves.\r\nUse your fabulous abs to abcrobatically navigate the 7 halls of the caves without losing all your protein snow.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nLeft and Right arrow keys to move, Up arrow key to jump.\r\n\r\n(Only tested on Safari OS X)\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\n\r\nI decided to disable the Theme category as we kind of went down the route of the Snowman, like some other grinches.\r\nWe ended up using the theme as a level design limitation but just so that we could say we used the theme.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCoded by me (@joaoguerra) and Arted by Simon (@Si_Ashbery) during the little free time we had this weekend.\r\nHope you enjoy.","title":"Abdominal Snowman"}